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No.  125.  • 

THE  SOLDIER'S  DYING  GRIEF 
AND  GLORY. 


Anthony  and  Patrick  were  the  only  children 

of  a  poor  farmer  in  Ireland.  He  had  enough  to  keep 
his  family  pretty  comfortably,  till  the  greai  famine, 
when  he  was  compelled,  like  many  others,  to  go  over  to 
America.  By  them  religion  had  been  but  little  thought 
of.  Arrived  in  their  new  home,  they  settled  down  w'th 
many  others  from  their  place  in  a  new  clearing.  But 
loss  of  property,  banishment,  and  sorrow,  instead  of 
driving  them  to  Him  whose  blessing  maketh  rich,  hard- 
ened their  hearts;  and,  to  banish  care,  this  unhappy 
family  took  to  that  fatal  'drink  which  has  ruined  thou- 
sands. About  Christmas,  1856,  a  letter  was  received 
from  their  country,  stating  the  death  of  a  relative,  who 
had  left  them  all  his  money.  The  family  joyfully  re- 
turned to  Ireland,  but  drink  liad  done  its  fatal  work  for 
the  father,  and    he   never  saw    his   home   again.     The 

mother  and  her  sons  took  a  house  in  the  Village  of . 

By  this  time  the  boys  were  grown  into  handsome  young 
men;  they  were  all  the  world  to  each  other.  Soon 
came  that  bitter  wail  from  India  of  murders  and  suffer- 
ings too  frightful  to  dwell  on.  Loud  was  the  call  which 
pealed  through  Britain  for  men  to  join  the  lists,  and  go 
forth  and  defend   those  helpless  ones  in  that  far  distant 


2  THE   soldier's   DYING  .GRIEF   AND  GLORY. 

land.  That  call  sounded  in  tlie  ears  of  the  brothers, 
and,  welcoming  a  cliange,  they  enlisted.  Bitter  were 
tlieir  nnother's  lamentations  when  she  lieard  it — for  had 
they  not  n'ovy  enough  and  to  spare?  But  it  was  done, 
arid  as  their  mother  had  never  endeared  herself  to  her 
children,  so  that  the  lads  cared  not  much  to  leave  her, 
so  long  as  they  had  each  otlier. 

Anthony  and  Patrick  had  a  speedy  voyage,  and 
landed  .  safe  in  India.  There  the  old  temptation  to 
drink  assailed  them;  and,  during  the  few  days  they 
were  detained  in  Calcutta,  fearfully  d'rd  they  indulge 
in  this  sin.  Oti  the  march  up  country,  Patrick  was 
seized  with  sun-stroke  at  a  village  called  Dearee,  on 
the  Soane,  and  from  thence  was  borne  insensible  to  the 
next  station.  Poor  Anthony  was  wretched;  he  marched 
by  his  brother's  doolie,  and  at  the  next  station  obtained 
leave  to  remain  by  his  brother  till  evening,  when  he 
must  leave  with  his  detachment. 

The  twenty-four  hours  on  the  road  without  medical 
aid  had  done  their  work  for  Patrick;  all  who  saw  him 
knew  that  he  was  dying.  His  brother  felt  it  too;  and  it 
was  sad  to  hear  that  passionate  pleading,  "Oh,  speak  to 
me  once  again,  Pat!  Sure,  you  'II  never  go  and  leave 
me  all  alone  then;  oh,  speak  to  me  again  !" 

The  writer  was  in  the  habit  of  visiting  the  hospitals, 
and  came  in  during  the  course  of  the  morning.  I  was 
.told  by  one  of  their  regiment  that  they  were  dissolute, 
drinking  lads.  It  seemed  too  late  for  a  ray  of  hope  to 
shine  on  that  awful  death-bed,  and  hopeless  to  strive  to 
check  that  heart-rending  grief.  Patrick  had  never  re- 
covered consciousness  from  the  time  of  his  seizure.  I 
asked  Anthony  his  history,  which  he  gave  as  I  have 
narrated  ;  "  and  now,"  he  continued,  <'  if  Pat  dies, 
where  will  he  go  ?"     I  opened   my  Bible,  and  long  did 


THE  SOLDIER  S  DYING  GRIEF  AND  GLORY. 


we  read  and  talk  together  over  Luke  xxiii,  89,  43,  ana 
the  second  chapter  of  Ephesians.  Fearfully  excited 
did  tlie  poor  boy  become  as  his  heart  opened  to  under- 
stand and  believe  the  wondrous  love  of  Jesus,  the  Lord 
of  Glory,  dying  for  all  sinners.  That  love  constrained 
his  heart.  ''Oh,"  he  said,  "it  would  not  be  hard  to 
love  Him,  and  give  all  up  for  Him.  This  here  drinking 
has  never  done  us  any  good  ;  but  oh  !  tell  me  what 
I  can  do  for  my  brother?  Oh  !  what  if  he  die  like  the 
thief,  without  looking  kindly  on  this  Saviour?  What  if 
he  die  in  his  sin  ?" 

[  told  him  he  could  pray,  and  long  did  we  plead  to- 
gi?iher  for  the  poor  sufferer.  I  rose  at  length  to  go. 
"Will  you,"  said  Anthony,  ^'promise  me  to  look  in  at 
him  while  he  lives,  and  write  me  word  of  him?" 

About  five,  p.  M.,  I  called  again  at  the  hospital,  but 
a  group  of  men  in  the  verandah  told  me  Patrick  was 
dead,  and  his  brother  was  gone  to  stay  by  the  body  till 
the  marching  hour.  One  of  the  men  took  a  Bible  and 
some  printed  hymns  for  me  to  Anthony. 

Weeks  passed,  and  I  heard  no  more  of  him.  One 
morning  I  was  sitting  by  the  side  of  a  wounded  High- 
lander (he  has  now  gone  liome  to  Jesus),  when  some 
doolies  were  brought  into  the  portico,  and  amongst  the 
men  in  them  I  recognised  several  old  friends.  Amongst 
them  was  Anthony.  He  looked  ill,  very  ilJ ;  and  his 
right  sleeve  hung  unoccupied  at  his  side,  telling  a  tale 
of  battle  and  suffering.  No  one  could  look  on  that  tall, 
fine  young  man,  handsome  and  soldier-like,  though  pale 
and  haggard,  without  realizing  keenly  the  bitterness  of 
sins's  consequences.  • 

Yet,  as  I  looked  at  Anthony,  I  felt  the  expression  of 
care  was  chastened,  and  there  was  something  very 
touching  in  his  calm,  sad  look.  '•'  I  have  come  to  die 
where  my  brother  died,"  he  said. 


4  THE   SOLDIER  S    DYING  GRIEF   AND  GLORY. 

From  that  day  lie  faded  rapidly.  As  to  himself,  lie 
had  found  Jesus,  and  enjoyed  sweet  peace.  All  his 
sins,  he  felt,  were  forgiven;  "and  now,"  he  often  said 
to  me,  "I  should  long  to  go,  but  it  haunts  me  that  Pat 
mayn't  be  there,  and  yet  he  was  a  better  lad  than  me. 
Why  was  I  saved,  and  he  not?  Oh,  I  would  have  died 
to  have  him  in  my  place.  It  is  so  hard  to  bflieve  it 
justr 

Again  and  again  he  implored  me  to  tell  him  if  I 
thought  Pat  would  be  in  heaven. 

How  could  I  comfort  him  on  this  subject?  I  could 
only  say  that  we  know  not  what  passes  between  the 
soul  and  its  Maker.  That  he  must  remember  Jesu§ 
died  for  sinners,  and  that,  therefore,  He  ivills  not  that 
any  should  perish. 

To  change  his  thoughts  from  so  painfully  hopeless  a 
theme,  I  uro^ed  him  to  pray,  while  he  had  time,  for  his 
mother,  and  great  comfort  he  found  in  so  doing.  "  If 
I  am  heard,  and  she  is  saved,  it  will  perhaps  make 
heaven  a  little  happier;  but,  oh,  if  Pat  is  not  there! 
No;   I  can  never  be  happy  if  he  is  lost!" 

About  five  weeks  after  his  first  coming  into  hospital  he 
died.  [  saw  him  late  on  the  Saturday  afternoon.  "Just 
when  Pat  died,"  he  said,  "at  the  evening  hour;  but  he 
had  no  Saviour — no  hope!  And  I — oh,  if  I  knew  he 
was  but  forgiven,  I  should  be  so  happy."  For  some 
days  past  he  had  wandered  much  in  mind,  and  it 
touched  the  manly  hearts  around,  to  hear  ever  that 
plaintive  appeal,  "Tell  me,  do  you  think  Pat  was  for- 
given?" "I  was  as  bad  as  ever  he  was."  ''Oh,  speak 
to  me  afjain." 

My  Highland  friend  was  often  by  Anthony,  and  hav- 
ing learnt  in  his  sickness  the  love  of  Jesus,  his  heart 
was  full  of  ardent  first  love.     Unweariedly  did  he  give 


iiiE  soldier's  dying  grief  and  glory.  5 

llie  sufferer  drink,  and  administer  to  his  various  needs. 
Indeed,  through  all  my  experience  of  hospital  life,  I 
never  saw  more  beautiful  devotion  than  was  evinced 
among  the  men.  Night  and  day  did  many  of  those 
able  to  move  watch  the  bedside  of  a  sick  comrade. 
And  it  was  a  source  of  mutual  enjoyment  wlien  the 
Scotchman  read  his  Bible,  and  prayed  with  Anthony. 
Oa  this  Saturday  afternoon,  Campbell  and  I  were 
seated  on  the  dying  lad's  charpoy,  when  Campbell  said, 
"The  thought  has  just  come  to  my  mind,  that  your 
brother,  may  be,  was  not  insensible  all  the  while.  He 
may  have  heard  the  message  of  mercy,  and  joined  in 
prayer,  'Lord,  remember  me;'  and  like  the  thief,  at  the 
last  hour,  may  have  been  forgiven."  Eagerly  did  An- 
thony drink  in  every  word;  and  the  intense  joy  which 
lighted  up  that  face,  I  can  never  forget. 

"Now,  Lord,  letiest  thou  thy  servant  depart  in 
peace,"  he  said.  "Yes,  yes,  I  never  thought  of  that. 
How  wicked  I  have  been  to  grieve  so.  The  love  of 
Christ  constraineth  me,  and  all  deep,  quiet  in  his  heart, 
it  may  have  constrained  him.  I  believe  he  has  heard 
me,  and  my  mother  too  will  be  there.  Pat  is,  perhaps, 
waiting  for  me,  iliinking  to  surprise  me.  Dear  Camp- 
bell, you  have  made  me  so  hap()y." 

He  asked  me  to  read  the  last  verses  of  Revelation, 
vii,  9-17.  "  It  is  all  light  now.  I  am  so  happy.  1 
long  to  go. 

"  'Jesus  sought  me  when  a  stranger.' 

"He  has  done  all  things  well.  He  has  remembered 
me.  I  shall  soon  see  Je.>us.  There  will  be  no  night  in 
our  home  !"  These  were  tlie  last  words  he  spoke.  He 
seemed  exhausted,  and  laid  apparently  unconscious  till 
nine,  p.  m.,  when  he  weni  home  to  Jesus! 


6  THE  soldier's  DYING  GRIEF  AND  GLORY. 

A  few  weeks  after,  I  received  a  letter  from  his  uncle 
in  Ireland,  saying  that  his  motlier  liad  received  lier  son's 
letter,  with  the  solemn  tidings  of  Patrick's  death,  and 
Anthony's  conversion.  At  his  request  she  had  procured 
a  Bible,  and  attended  religious  service.  *'And,"  wrote 
the  uncle,  "though  her  past  bad  way  of  life  had  brought 
her  into  ill-health,  so  that  when  the  letter  came  she  had 
but  tliree  or  four  weeks  to  live,  yet  I  make  bold  to  say 
that  I'm  sure  she's  happy  now,  though  I  would  have 
been  glad  to  have  her  die  in  our  persuasion." 

And  now,  dear  reader,  can  you  wonder  if  I  make  this 
tale  of  redeetning  love  a  ground  for  an  appeal  to  you,  to 
give  something  toward  sending  ministers,  bibles,  and 
tracts  to  our  soldiers. 

In  this  history,  mark,  it  was  the  simple  message  of 
mercy,  contained  in  Luke  xxiii,  and  Ephesians  ii, 
which  touclied  a  sinner's  heart,  and  at  once  brought  him 
to  his  Saviour's  feet.  And  is  not  this  fact  an  encour- 
agement to  those  who  humbly  and  prayerfully  seek  to 
prepare  his  way?  His  word  ^^  shall  prosper  in  the 
thing  whereto  he  sends  it."     Isaiah  Iv. 

Will  you  not,  if  you  cannot  go  yourself  to  the  work, 
give  your  money  to  send  those  who  can? 

Dear  reader,  you  are  not  your  own  !  Your  money  is 
not  your  own  !  You  are  but  a  servant,  and  remember 
soon  you  must  see  Jesus!  How  will  you  answer  liim  in 
"the  great  day  of  reckoning,  if  you  have  not  done  what 
you  could  in  preparing  his  way? 


PUBLISHED    BY    THE    SOUTH    CAROLINA    TRACT    SOCIETY. 
Printed  by  Evans  &  Cogswell,  No.  3  Broad  etieet,  Charleston,  S.  C. 


LIST    OF    TRACTS 

PUBLISHED    BY    THE 

SOUTH    CAROLINA   TRACT    SOCIETY, 


No.  of  Number 

Tract.  ,        o'  P^ges 

l..Am  I   Self-Deceived 4 

2. .Have  You ? *.12 

3.  .The  Sinner'.s  Friend 20 

4..TIie  Act  of  Faiih 4 

5.. What   is  it  to  Believe  on 
Christ? 4 

6.  .Dialogue  hetvi'een  the  Bible 

and  a  Sinner 4 

7.  .Self-Dedication  to  God 4 

8..WhyDo  We  Sit  Still ..  4 

9.  .Ye  Shall  Not  Surely  Die. .  4 

10.  .A  Convenient  Season 4 

11.. The  Bible  the  Word  of  God  4 

12.. Three  Words 4 

13..A  Word  of  Warnino; 4 

14.. Grieving  the  Spirit  of  God  4 

15.. Hinder  Me  Not 4 

IG.  .The  Soldier's  Pocket  Bible.l6 
17i.I  Don't  Like  Professions. .  4 
18.  .The  Bible  in  myTrunlc...  4 
19.. Mow  to  Dispose  of  Care..  4 

20.. The  Way  of  Peace 8 

21.. Quench  Not  the  Spirit....  4 

22.. Fatal  Delusions 4 

23.. The  Sword  of  the. Spirit..  4 

24.  .Procrastinalion 4 

25.. The  Missionary's  Nephew  4 

2G..Lost  Convictions.' 4 

27.. Profane  Swearing 4 

28.. Obstacles  to  Conversion..  4 

29.. The  Spirit  Grieved 4 

30. .Counsel  to. the  Convicted.  4 
31. .Every  Man    the  Friend  or 

the  Enemy  of  Christ. .  •  •.  4 

32.  .The  Soldier's  Victory '8 

33.  .The  Wrath  to  Come 4 

34.. What  Are  You  Fit  For?..  8 
35.. Christ   a   Covert    from  the 

Tempest 8 

36.. The  Christian  Traveller..   8 

37.  .Napoleon's    Argument    for 

the  Divinity  of  Christ  and 
the  Scriptures S 

38.  .1  Can't  Make  Myself  Differ- 

ent 8 

39.. The    Sinner   his   own    De- 
stroyer   S 


No.  of  Number 

Tract.  oj  Pa8«» 

40.  .Thelnfidel'sCreed;  or,The 

Credulity  of  Infidelity 8 

41.. Alarm  to  the  Careless 8 

42.. True  Conversion 8 

43.  .The  Christian  Officer 8 

44.. Our  War,  Our  Cause,  and 

Our  Duty l^ 

45.. The    Crimean     Hero:    the 

late  Captain  Vicars 12 

46..The  Muffled  Drum 8 

47.. How   Do   You    Bear  Your 

Trials? 8 

48.  .How  Long  Have  You  Been 

Sick? .-...12 

49.. Soldier!    Do   You    Believe 

the  Bible? 4 

50.. The  Long  Roll 4 

51.  .Mortally  Wounded 8 

52.  .The  Sailor  Lost  and  Found  8 

53.  .Captain  Deverell ;  or,  From 

Darkness  to  Light 12 

54.  .A  Word  from  the  Ladies  of 

the  Soldiers'  Relief  Asso- 
ciation of  Charleston  to 
'  the  Soldier 4 

55.. Col.  Gardiner  — as  a  Man, 

a  Christian,  and  a  Soldier.24 

56.. The  Railway  Guide 16 

57.  .The  Confederate  Hero,  and 

his  Patriotic   Father 16 

58.  .The  Sailor's  Home 8 

59.  .Kind  Words  to  a  Wounded 

Soldier 8 

60.  .TheEventfulTwelveHours; 

or,  The    Destitution  and 
Wretchedness      of     the 

Drunkard -•16 

j  61.. The  Dying  Robber 8 

!  62..  Do  You  Pray  in  Secret?...  4 

i  63.  .Do  You  Enjoy  Religion  ?. .  4 

64".  .1  've  Never  Thought  of  Dy- 

#ing  So 4 

65.. Why  Sit  Ye  Here  Idle?...  4 

66.. Come  and  Welcome ^2 

67..The  Silly  Fish.. 4 

68. .Why  Yet   Impenitent? 4 

69.. Who  Slew  All  These? 4 


LFST    or    TRAOTI. 


Ko.  of 
Tract. 

70. 

71. 

72. 

73. 
74. 
75. 
7(3. 
77. 

78. 
79. 
SO. 
81. 
82. 

83. 
84. 


85. 

86. 

87. 
88. 
89. 

90. 
91. 
92. 
93. 

94. 

95. 

96. 

97. 

98. 

99. 

100. 

101. 
102. 
103. 

104. 

105. 


Number 
of  pages 

The  Navy  Surgeon 12 

.  A  True  Story  of  Liielcnow  8 
.The  Sailor  and  the  Soldier  8 
Are  You  Not  Afraid  to  Die?  4 
Ihe  Wonderful  Es^cape..   4 

,Tlie  Two  Soldiers 4 

Where  Are  You  Going?.  6 
The  Young  Officer's  Start 

in  Life 8 

Shew  Me  Myself. ' 

Divine  Grace  Illustrated.  4 

The  Christian  Soldier 8 

Mustered  into  Service. . .   S 
Lieut;  R. ;    or,  The  Tract 
Read  in  the  Theatre...  8 

,Do  Thyself  No  Harm 4 

.Appeal  totheYouth,and  es- 
pecially to  the  Soldiers  of 
the  Confederate  States..  16 
.Very  Short  and  Very  Long, 

and  The  Strict  Search.  .    8 
,The    Fatal    Mistake;    or, 
The  Midniffht  Shipwreck  4 

,The  Day  of  Trial... 4 

.My  Time  is  But  a  Day. . .  4 
.The  Substance  of  the  Gos- 
pel     4 

.Noah's  Carpenters 4 

.ComeandRest 4 

,A  Patriotic  Sermon 4 

.Discharged  —  I  am  Goi^ig 

Home 4 

.Anecdotes  for  the  Soldiers, 

No.  1 ■. 24 

.Anecdotes  lor  iheSoldiers, 

No.  2 24 

.A  Kind -Word  to  the  Offi- 
cers of  our  Army 4 

.Soldiers   in    Hospital;    or, 

Come  to  Christ 4 

.The  Old  Soldier 4 

.A  Letter  to  a  Son  in  Camp  4 
.The  Colonel's  Conversion 
'     —A    Chief  of    Sinners 
mat'e  a  Chief  of  Saints. 24 

.The  Muster 4 

.The   Guard-House 4 

.An  Appeal  to  Young  Sol- 
diers     8 

.Drinking,      Disobedience, 

and    Death 12 

•  An  Aflectionate  Entreaty 
— Invitation  and  Accept- 
ance  4 


No.  of  Nnmber 

Tract.  of  pagM 

10!). ."  Here  is  mv  Heart."  etc.  .4 
107.. A  Help  to  Self-Dedication  4 
lOS.  .Triumphant  Death  on  the 

Battle  field 8 

!09.. Piety  Gives  Courage  and 

Peace  in  Death 8 

tUO.  .Military  Execution  —  Sin 
Found  Out  —  and,  The 
Melting  Power  of  Kind- 
ness    2 

111.. The  Dying  Odlcer  iti  Bar- 
racks—  Christ     in     the 

Valley 8 

11 2.. The  Sergeant's  Story 4 

1 113.. The  Dead  March  — and, 
The    Dead    Coming   to 

Life  Again 8 

lll4..The  Brand  Plucked  from 

the    Fire 4 

115.  .The  (Converted  Soldier  Be- 
come a  Zealous  Mission- 
ary   8 

116.. The    Major's   Account   of 

•Himselt 8 

117.. The  Captain's  Speech 2 

118.. An   Account  of  the  Con- 
\'ersion  of  several  Offi- 
cers at  West  Point....  6 
119. .Admiral    Ijord  Gambler. .12 

120.  .A  Word  to  the  Sick S 

121.. A    Soldier    may    Die    the 

Death  of  the  Ri<rhteous.  8 

122.. The  Fight  of  Faith — 

123.. The  Skeptical  Young  Offi- 
cer   8 

124.  .A  Happv  Release 8 

125.  .The  Soldier's  Dying  Grief 

and  (xlory 8 

126.. The  Hospital  made  a  Be- 
thel—'" I  do  so  want  to 
die  there" 8 

127.. "We  should  live  looking 
unto  Jesus" — The  Ser- 
geant's Story 8 

128.. The  Soldier  Boy  and  his 
Father  --"  Grasping  the 
Promises" 24 

129. -.The  Colonel  Baptized  in 
Presence  of  his  Regi- 
ment   4 

130.. Our  DangerandOurDuty.16 

131.. The  Christian  Soldier  the 

True  Hero 4 

132.  .Patriotism  not  Religion..  4 


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